Schmaltz, 18, split last season between the United States Hockey
League’s (USHL) Green Bay Gamblers and Sioux City Musketeers, ranking
second among USHL defensemen with 41 points (10 goals, 31 assists) in 55
games. A native of Madison, Wisconsin, Schmaltz played 46 games for Green Bay, leading the team’s defensemen in
assists, points and power-play goals (five). He added seven points (two goals,
five assists) and had a plus-10 rating in 12 playoff games for the Clark Cup
Champions. He is the first player since
the 1994-95 season (Scott Swanson, Omaha Lancers) to be named to the All-USHL
First Team in consecutive seasons.

In
2010-11, Schmaltz had a 10-game point streak and registered 20 points in his
final 13 games of the season to finish his rookie year as the USHL’s
highest-scoring defenseman with 44 points (13 goals, 31 assists). For his
efforts, he was named to the 2011 USHL All-Rookie Team and All-USHL First Team.

The
6’2”, 189-pound defenseman was ranked 34th among North American
skaters by NHL Central Scouting and he will attend the University of North
Dakota in the fall.

Kurker, 18, played in 24 games last
season with St. John’s Prep in Massachusetts, recording 60 points (32 goals,
28 assists) along with 23 penalty minutes. The 6’2”, 198-pound
forward and native of Boston,
was ranked 36th among North American skaters by NHL Central
Scouting.

MacEachern, 18,
played in 29 games last
season with Brother Rice High School
in Michigan,
registering 90 points (42 goals, 48 assists) along with 16 penalty minutes.
The 6’3”, 170-pound forward and native of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan,
was ranked 138th among North American skaters by NHL Central
Scouting.

Parayko, 19, played
in 53 games last season in the Alberta Junior Hockey League with Fort McMurray, recording
42 points (nine goals, 33 assists) along with 65 penalty minutes.
Parayko is a 6’4”, 191-pound defenseman and native of St. Albert, Alberta.

Walters,
18, a 6’2”, 187-pound defenseman, played last season in the Western Hockey
League (WHL) with Everett,
registering 18 points (six goals, 12 assists) and 95 penalty minutes in 62
games played. He attended Canada’s
National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team selection camp in Calgary,
in July 2011 and won a bronze medal with Team Pacific at the 2011 World
Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Winnipeg.
The Edmonton, Alberta native was ranked 67th overall among
North American skaters by NHL Central Scouting.

Tremblay, 18, a 6’2”, 200-pound goaltender from
Baie-Comeau, Quebec, played in
57 games last season in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL),
recording a 22-28-4 record, two shutouts, a 3.79 goals against average along
with a .882 save percentage. Tremblay was ranked 5th overall
among North American goaltenders by NHL Central Scouting.

Lindbohm, 18, played
in 41 games last season with Jokerit Jr. in Finland’s Junior League,
registering 10 points (three goals, seven assists) along with 98 penalty
minutes. The 6’3”, 209-pound defenseman and native of Helsinki, Finland,
was ranked 46th among European skaters by NHL Central Scouting.

Seaman, 18, played in 32 games last season with Brandon in the Western
Hockey League (WHL), recording 19 points (six goals, 13 assists) along with 23
penalty minutes in 32 games played. The 6’2”, 196-pound forward and
native of Choiceland, Saskatchewan was ranked 104th
among North American skaters by NHL Central Scouting.